Rick Crawford speaks to the media after grabbing the pole position for Friday’s Chevy Silverado 350K

This is his fifth pole in 295 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series races and his first pole in 22 races at TMS. It was also his first pole and 13th top-10 start in 2008 for the driver of the No. 14 Circle Bar Truck Corral Ford. He is currently sixth in the point standings.

Cale Gale, driving the No. 2 American Commercial Lines Chevrolet qualified second with a 30.205-second, 178.778 mph lap. It will be his first top-10 start of 2008 and his first in a race at TMS.

“Our Chevrolet Silverado was pretty good there in qualifying,” Gale said. “I felt like we had a good lap. It didn’t hold up for the pole, but we have a good starting position for tomorrow night.”

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Kyle Busch talks to reporters in the media center. He qualified third in his No. 51 NASCAR Craftsman Series truck.

Kyle Busch qualified third after posting a lap time of 30.306-seconds, 178.183 mph in his No. 51 Miccosukee Resorts/NOS Energy Toyota. It will be his fifth top-10 start at TMS and it’s his ninth in 16 races this season.

“Our run was good and I was happy for a third place, but I wish our truck was a little bit better,” Busch said. “The truck stuck real well and held it wide open. I hope we can expect some more of that tomorrow night.”

Some 34 drivers attempted to qualify for Friday’s 147-lap, 220.5-mile race on the 1.5-mile superspeedway.